Come Out Smokin': Joe Frazier: The Champ Nobody Knew

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The first book ever to delve into the life of the legendary heavyweight boxing champion.
 
Acclaimed sportswriter Phil Pepe explores the iconic boxer “Smokin’ Joe” Frazier’s early beginnings. From his dirt poor childhood and relationship with his father to his street fights and Olympic boxing championship, Pepe’s book follows Frazier’s rise, culminating in the “Fight of the Century” with Muhammad Ali. Pepe beat all other writers to the punch in his seminal work on the champ nobody knew. Originally published in 1972, now available in ebook format for the first time.

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4.3
6 reviews

About the author

Phil Pepe is the author of more than 50 books on sports, including THE WIT AND WISDOM of YOGI BERRA and collaborations with Yankees legends Mickey Mantle, Billy Martin, and Whitey Ford. As a young sportswriter, Pepe was assigned the role of Yankees beat writer for the New York World-Telegram & Sun on August 2, 1961, and he covered Roger Maris' race for the home run record to the very end. Pepe was the Yankees beat writer for the New York Daily News from 1968 through 1981 and is a past president of the Baseball Writers Association of America.

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